Algeria

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Facts

Population: 33,333,216 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.2% (male 4,627,479/female 4,447,468) 15-64 years: 67.9% (male 11,413,121/female 11,235,096) 65 years and over: 4.8% (male 752,058/female 857,994) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 1.216% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 17.11 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 4.62 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.016 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.877 male(s)/female total population: 1.015 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 28.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.52 years male: 71.91 years female: 75.21 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.86 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 9,100 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 500 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Algerian(s) adjective: Algerian.

Ethnic groups: Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% note: almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not Arab; the minority who identify themselves as Berber live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools.

Religions: Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%.

Languages: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.9% male: 79.6% female: 60.1% (2002 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $250 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 3% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $7,600 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 9.4% industry: 58.1% services: 32.5% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 9.31 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 14%, industry 13.4%, construction and public works 10%, trade 14.6%, government 32%, other 16% (2003 est.).

Population below poverty line: 25% (2005 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 26.8% (1995).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 15.7% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $59.26 billion expenditures: $49.14 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.8 billion (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle.

Industries: petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing.

Industrial production growth rate: 10% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 29.39 billion kWh (2004 est.).

Electricity - consumption: 27.4 billion kWh (2004 est.).

Electricity - exports: 230 million kWh (2004 est.).

Electricity - imports: 300 million kWh (2004 est.).

Exports: $55.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%.

Exports - partners: US 22.6%, Italy 15.9%, Spain 10.5%, France 10%, Canada 7.9%, Brazil 6.5%, Belgium 4.3%, Germany 4.2% (2005).

Imports: $27.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods.

Imports - partners: France 28%, Italy 7.8%, Spain 7.2%, China 6.6%, Germany 6.3%, US 5.4% (2005).

Debt - external: $5 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $313 million (2004 est.).

Currency (code): Algerian dinar (DZD).

Exchange rates: Algerian dinars per US dollar - 72.647 (2006), 73.276 (2005), 72.061 (2004), 77.395 (2003), 79.682 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.